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Concrete Block Motel

from Get Back To Work! by Andrew London

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A montage of (mostly) true experiences culled from two decades of touring throughout New Zealand.

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1.
Hello, here's your key. You're early - Oh well
so you come from Wellington, that right? yeah thought so - I can tell. It looks as if there's three of you, your agent should have said
cos I only got this unit left - yeah there's just the double bed.

You want some milk? blue or green? we give you that for free; but the heater's on a timer, it goes off at half past three.
My wife & I live right next door so if you have to, ring the bell. it's all part of the service at this concrete block motel

CH
I been here nearly twenty years and I seen the likes of you;
you think attending to your needs is all I've got to do;
I think it's only fair that I should share my private Hell,
the welcome mat is waiting at this concrete...concrete block motel.

2.
Now if you want to do some cooking, can you pull the blinds away?
We had somebody splashing curry on them only yesterday;
and check out time's at 10.00 a.m. so when you're leaving, don't be slow. There’s no-one booked till August but we got our rules, you know?

Yes of course we got the internet, it's ten bucks for an hour. We got that wireless broadway thing and it takes a lot of power. And if you climb up on the fridge you get the signal really well,
And that’s all part of the service too at this concrete block motel.

CH
I been here nearly twenty years and I seen the likes of you;
you think attending to your needs is all I've got to do;
I think it's only fair that I should share my private Hell,
the welcome mat is waiting at this concrete...concrete block motel.

3.
Now of course there is no smoking, but it is all right to drink
and the shower works OK although the pressure's on the blink
so she tends to dribble out rather slow, and of course the nozzle doesn't fit ;so if you want to actually get wet you might have to move around a bit …

Hold on, there is another room, how could I be so dumb?
It used to belong to a chap called Bates ,who lived here with his Mum.
I think it's reasonably clean, and we'll only charge you half,
There’s some holes in the shower curtain and some stains around the bath

CH
I been here nearly twenty years and I seen the likes of you;
you think attending to your needs is all I've got to do;
I think it's only fair that I should share my private Hell,
the welcome mat is waiting at this concrete...concrete block motel.

credits

from Get Back To Work!, released June 1, 2021
Andrew London: guitar & vox
Kirsten London: bass & vox
James Tait-Jamieson: melodica & vox

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New Zealand singer/songwriter of mainly (but not exclusively) satirical original songs in a mainly (but not exclusively) 1940s swing genre.

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